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On a tragic Monday, the first day of the Fall 2000 semester at the University of Arkansas, the life of Professor John R. Locke was cut short in a shocking act of violence. The 67-year-old male, who served as the director of the Comparative Literature program, was in his office in Kimpel Hall on August 28, 2000, when a disgruntled graduate student entered and forever altered the campus's sense of security.

The perpetrator was identified as James Easton Kelly, 37, a PhD candidate who had re ...Read More
Victim Details

John Robert Locke

Male

White / Caucasian

Fayetteville

AR

2000-08-28

67

John

Robert Locke

11/14/2025